After thinking about the demolition in my heart for a while, I said to Chen Yi: "Let's talk about this matter later, I want to talk to Zhao Mu again, if this project was initiated by him, we will undoubtedly stand on the opposite side of him by doing this, and then destroy the opportunity he has won so hard with our own hands...... He came from a poor background like me, and I knew how hard it was for him to get this opportunity, and it meant that he was transitioning from a technical job to a project-led position, and he had the best of intentions for me...... I was afraid that doing so would break his heart. ”

Chen Yi looked at me for a long time and asked with affection, "Why are you living so entangled?" …… Can't you respect the truest thoughts of your heart? ”

I shifted my gaze, and then replied in a low voice: "If this project was not initiated by Zhao Mu, there is no need for me to be so embarrassed...... Actually, I don't understand why I have so little room to choose from many things! ”

Chen Yi was a little tired, she just said, "Then you can think about it slowly...... Anyway, I don't agree with the demolition, it just so happens that I don't have anything to do recently, I'll go to talk to a friend who understands later, whether this old alley has the value of being retained, if there is, I will immediately sort out the relevant information and send it to the relevant departments to prevent them from initiating the project. ”

Looking at Chen Yi's resolute appearance, I seem to have found a kind of person in this world, and this kind of person seems to care more about the qiē in this alley than I do, but I don't know her exact motives. But one thing I am sure of is that Chen Yi belongs to the rich class, she is qualified to resist the temptation of demolition compensation and talk about feelings, and feelings are the exclusive product of the rich, if people like me talk about feelings, most of them will be laughed at by others, but I don't think this is my sad place, because there are people who need to reflect more than me, but these people are often dressed in the cloak of thinking they are smart, talking nonsense and pointing fingers at the world, but in fact, they can't even figure it out themselves in many cases.

Chen Yi didn't look at me who was still silent, she took out ten yuan from her wallet and put it on the table, and then left the "Wutong Hotel", and I habitually looked at her back, until I disappeared from my sight, I raised my head, faced the dazzling sun, half-squinted, and smiled helplessly.

I also aspire to live like Qiao Ye, not to care about anything, and only to be responsible for my own love! But I'm just a river bridge, although I also know that people who love memories are not happy.

……

Picking up my bag and tiring my tie, I returned to my original platform, and then took the bus, shaking to the center of the city, which seemed to be another world.

This whole day, running down is not so smooth. It's not that the owner of the musical instrument store is not at home, or I met someone who doesn't trust me very much, but when I passed by a hairdresser, I got a haircut on a whim, and then sold 5 seconds of advertising time, in addition to getting 8,000 yuan of advertising expenses, I also got two membership recharge cards worth 3,000 yuan, I decided to give these two cards to Yu Xin and Xiao Ai. I think they'll like it.

Yes, this is the result of my busy day, but my heart is empty, especially when the sunset at dusk falls at my feet, I feel like I am just a speck of dust floating in the air, and I am surrounded by high-rise buildings that are about to plunge into the sky.

I returned to Tulip Road before Xiao Ai and Yu Xin finished today's lesson. When they came out of the piano shop with a few children, I handed them two cards that I had bought during the advertising time and said, "Your benefits...... The membership card of the Silk Hair Salon has 3,000 yuan in each one. ”

Yu Xin and Xiao Ai happily took it from my hand, and after looking at it, Xiao Ai asked me, "Where did you get it?" ”

I smiled and replied, "I exchanged it for my opening advertisement in the movie theater, and I also earned an advertising fee of 8,000 yuan." ”

Xiao Ai replied with a slightly exaggerated expression: "Why do I think you are like a fallen master in the 80s...... But I like this membership card very much. She said and then turned to Xin and said, "It's been a long time since I've been brushing my hair, let's go now, I heard that there is a massage service over there, just relax after a tired day!" ”

Yu Xin nodded in agreement, and then drove her own car from the side of the road, she opened the hood, enjoying the evening wind with the most open attitude, Xiao Ai also took out sunglasses from her purse, put them on, and sat down in the co-pilot's seat, as if they were the most fashionable, the most youthful and the most attractive girls in Nanjing at this moment......

Yu Xin didn't start the car immediately, she seemed to be sending a message to someone with her mobile phone, Xiao Ai also took advantage of this time to tie her hair and said to me: "Yu Xin and I made an appointment with Senior Brother Yuan Zhen to come to Wutong Hotel for dinner today...... If we're coming back late, you'll have a drink of the barrel first, and I'll treat you. ”

Before I could respond, Yu Xin put her phone in the storage compartment, then stepped on the accelerator and left with a bus......

……

I came to the "Wutong Hotel" and asked for a few beers, and I drank it calmly in the face of the sunset that was about to set, but I looked far away.

I saw countless plane trees, stretching towards the distant intersection, and between the crowds of people coming and going, it seemed that there was only a leaf away, and they were soon filled with neon light, and every qiē was so full and full.

After a bottle of beer, I took out a notebook from my briefcase, and recorded my income and expenses for the day, hoping that I would be able to make a little more money in the future, so that my life and feelings would not have to be dominated by such a worldly thing as money.

Just as I was about to open the second bottle of beer, Yuan Zhen's arrogant figure walked from the east side of the street in the face of flashing neon, and the guitar behind him and the cigarette in his hand made him look very unusual in the crowd.

He sat down in the seat leaning against the plane tree, then pressed out the cigarette he was about to finish in the ashtray, and quickly pulled another out of the case, but handed it to me.

I looked at it, and it was just a cheap pack of gold-leaf cigarettes, I took it from his hand, and then opened a bottle of beer and handed it to him, so that cigarette and alcohol became a bridge between us on this night.

I took a deep puff of my cigarette and said to him, "This smoke is not small!" ”

"I've been smoking this cigarette."

I asked casually, "How many packs a day?" ”

"You can smoke it if you want, I haven't counted it."

Yuan Zhen wasn't good at chatting, but he wasn't the kind of person who would feel embarrassed because there was nothing to say between the two, so I wasn't uncomfortable, and then the two of them drank beer and lost their minds in two different directions.

After another bottle of beer was put down, Allah Yuan said to me: "Listen to Xiao Ai, you are looking for a musical instrument store to cooperate?" ”

"Yes, there is such a thing."

Yuan Zhen took the notebook from my hand, tore off a page from it, then wrote an account number and handed it to me, saying: "This WeChat public account has more than 60,000 followers, many of which are playing music, you can use it to operate, it may be helpful for you to sell musical instruments online in the future." ”

I took the piece of paper from Yuan Zhen's hand, and I was surprised that this official account has more than 60,000 followers, but it will really help me a lot in my business of selling musical instruments. If only 1% of them are my potential customers, there are 600 people, which is a lot of money for a musical instrument, not to mention that I can develop more added value with such a huge fan base.

After I roughly conceived the way of operation in my mind, I said "thank you" to Yuan Zhen, and I really think this help is very meaningful.

The night is getting darker, Xiao Ai and Yu Xin have not returned, although I know that women spend a lot of time on dressing themselves, but I really can't sit still, I am going to call her.

At this time, Yuan Zhen took the initiative to say to me: "...... I had a phone call with my teacher (Xiao Ai's mother) yesterday, and she didn't want Xiao Ai to stay in Nanjing. ”

I suddenly received this news, full of surprise, and only replied after a while: "I know that you are not a person who likes to beat around the bush, so you can tell me if you have anything." ”

"What I want to say is very simple, you better not let her down, let alone hurt her...... Otherwise, everything she is doing now is just proving that she is a very stupid woman...... As a bystander, I really don't know if she is tired or not when she stays in Nanjing with this insistent mentality, and whether she is really happy! ”

After a moment of silence, I replied, "I don't think she's unhappy, she's just enjoying the process of starting a business just like me." ”

"I don't think so, because for her, even going back to Taiwan is not the best option...... She should go abroad to continue her studies, she shouldn't choose to stop pursuing music at a higher level at this time! ”

Yuan Zhen's words put a lot of pressure on me, I wanted to smoke, but I found that there was no more cigarettes in my cigarette case, so I just sat without saying a word...... It wasn't until Xiao Ai and Yu Xin finished their hair and returned to Tulip Road that the topic was temporarily shelved because of the arrival of the parties, and Yuan Zhen lost his interest in staying here after drinking another bottle of beer, and he was the first to leave.

Subsequently, Yu Xin also picked up her handbag and caught up with Yuan Zhen, saying that she was going to send him back, so only me and Xiao Ai were left under the parasol outside the hotel.

Xiao Ai stroked his bangs and asked me easily and happily: "Jiang Qiao, do you look good at the air bangs I made?" ”

"It's beautiful!"

Xiao Ai looked at me with his chin in his hands, then blinked and asked me, "How much of your cinema pre-roll ad is left?" ”

"20 seconds."

"Why don't you go and change a few ** body cards and come back, let's go to the gym together, how about it?"

"If you like it, I'll change it tomorrow."

Xiao Ai smiled happily, she said, "It's so good to me!" ”

"As long as you feel happy, I will do it......"

"Oh, actually, I'm joking with you, you might as well use that opening roll ad for serious business...... However, Yu Xin praised you for being very shrewd today, and I am still very happy...... I also think you're so good, you can play so many tricks in a pre-roll, I really don't know why those people are willing to listen to you...... It's amazing, just like a primitive society, there is no need for money at all, it's all barter! ”

"Yu Xin praised me, why are you so happy?"

"Of course I will be happy, I think that after so many things, we have already had a revolutionary class friendship of common prosperity and common humiliation...... I told Yu Xin, fortunately you are from Kuajiangqiao, if you dare to say that he is not good, I will fight with you! ”

"Yu Xin didn't think your brain was bad?"

"Why do you think I'm in a bad head, I'm not kidding." Xiao Ai gave me a contemptuous look, then picked up the beer and took a sip, but the mood was still happy. It turned out that she was such an easy woman to satisfy, I just gave her a recharge card for the hairdresser today, and she told me so much like a child, which made me even more unwilling that she would leave Nanjing one day.

I also took a big sip of my beer glass, and after brewing for a long time, I finally asked her: "Since I returned to Nanjing, I have seen that the people around you are making progress, but you have stopped in place, do you feel a sense of oppression in your heart?" ”

"I stopped where I was and didn't make progress...... Why are you so bold as to say that about me? ”

Before I knew it, my expression became very stern, and then I said to her, "I remember saying to me a long time ago that you always wanted to continue your studies abroad after graduating from university...... I don't know what kind of thoughts you have now. ”

Xiao Ai looked at me with a strange look, and only said to me after a while: "...... I love it here and I love my life now...... It's like a person who has just woken up, knowing that he still has a lot to do, but he still wants to lie in bed for a while, because he is very greedy for the warm feeling in the quilt. ”

I felt a sense of loss for no reason, and then said, "No one can stay in bed for the rest of their lives...... So, one day you will also leave Nanjing and leave this road. ”

"Jiang Qiao, don't take the initiative to plan my future, okay? …… At least I don't have any intention of leaving here now, I feel like my life has just begun. ”

Looking at her angry look, I explained, "I didn't mean anything else...... It's just that some words are held in my heart and not spoken, which makes me very uncomfortable! ”

"Do you want me to leave, then?"

"I don't want ...... However, if you feel it is necessary to leave, I will respect your choice. ”

"Then will you wait for me?"

“…… Yes, but if you come back after many years, maybe you will find that all the things that you thought were good on Tulip Road are gone, there is no textile mill here, there is no convenience store selling corn, and even my small yard has been demolished......"

Xiao Ai stared at me for a long time, she picked up the beer in front of her again, and drank it in the cool of the night, her hair was very messy by a gust of wind, just like her mood at the moment, and how I hope that the life we have to face together, just like the plane tree around us, even if it has experienced the wind and sun, it still stays in this position, and sprouts and leaves steadily when spring comes